Validation of the Dutch version of the Oxford Shoulder Score

Translation, cultural adaptation and reproducibility of the Oxford Shoulder Score questionnaire for Brazil, among patients with rheumatoid arthritis

“…Moreover, this instrument has shown high reproducibility, validity and responsiveness and is easy to administer, which makes it highly recommended. 17 The OSS exists in several languages, including German, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Korean and Danish. [18][19][20][21][22][23] The importance of translating and validating a questionnaire for which the psychometric properties have already been tested comes from its unification of the language of clinical research.…”

The Danish Version of the Modified Constant-Murley Shoulder Score: Reliability, Agreement, and Construct Validity

“…[ brief report ] Agreement parameters for intrarater and interrater comparisons are presented in TABLE 2 and APPENDIX B (available online). No statistically significant mean differences in scores between the first and second examinations were found for rater A (0.8; 95% CI: -1.2, 2.9) and rater B (0.4; 95% CI: -1.3, 2.1).…”

The Oxford Shoulder Score: Cross-cultural adaptation and translational validation into Afrikaans

“…[8][9][10][11][12] There was a slight female preponderance in our study (male:female, 49:59), which was similar to the Turkish 11 and Chinese 12 findings. The Dutch 5 and German 8 population had approximately equal numbers, with the Italian 9 and Korean 10 population having a strong male prevalence. This probably reflects the heterogeneity of shoulder pain from inflammatory or degenerative disease, without a specific sex-associated risk.…”

“…Although our drainage area is broad and encompasses a wide spectrum of Afrikaans dialects, it will not have included them all. Secondly, unlike many other studies that translated the OSS into their native languages, 5,8,9,11,12 we chose not to use a generalised health assessment questionnaire when assessing construct validity. Although shoulder-specific pathology may not necessarily have direct impact on overall patient function and wellness, 5,10 this would not reflect in our study.…”

“…4 In these regions, manual labour consists commonly of high-risk work for shoulder pathology such as repetitive work, working with hands above shoulder height, carrying heavy loads, and operating vibrating tools. [4][5][6][7] With specific reference to shoulder pain, the Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS) is a joint-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) to assess patient perception about their shoulder pain and its effect on their quality of life. It has been translated into and validated in numerous European and Asian languages, 5,6,[8][9][10][11][12][13] reflecting its robustness and universal acceptability.…”